Receptacle for hooks



Oct. 11, 1966 I. C. MEZERENYI RECEPTACLE FOR HOOKS Filed June 30, 1965 INVENTOR.

United States Patent 3,277,546 RECEPTACLE FOR HOOKS Ilona C. Mezerenyi, 1658 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, Calif. Filed June 30, 1965, Ser. No. 468,525 2 Claims. (Cl. 24-227) The main purpose of the invention is to give for the plackets, flies and the endings of the garment a receptacle of a type easily handled in use because it is big enough to hold, and yet cannot be seen in its whole length from the outside because only a small portion of the receptacle is visible when the device is attached to the garment.

A further purpose of the device is to provide a type of a receptacle which, without sewing, is easily yet firmly attachable to the garment. The receptacle is capable of providing a safety type of clasp for the fastener device because it can not unhook by itself. It also may be used as a conventional receptacle.

This will be more readily understood by reference to the following description and claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the receptacle.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the bigger portion of the receptacle along its long axis with exaggerated dimensions and spaces, showing how it is fixed to the garment.

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the device of FIG. 1, showing the device attached to the garment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line 44 of FIG. 3, showing the visible part located on the outer material, the invisible part of the device being located between the outer material and the lining of the garment.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a device, showing the receptacle associated with a hooking member, and showing the receptacle in its fully engaged position and in a position where it is not engaged with the hooking member.

In FIG. 1 of the drawings the receptacle is shown in assembled state, without the garment. The receptacle comprises two basic separable parts: the gripping member 8 and the underplate 15. The gripping member has a gripping lip 10 bent at an angle to the main plane of the receptacle, to produce a securing action for the fastener. The cross section of the lip 10 shows a rectangular shape. The lip 10 may also be straight, in which case it lies in a plane parallel to the plane of the receptacle, and in this case it does not produce a securing action for the fastener. The lip 10, the sides of the head 12, and the connecting bar 22 of the receptacle determine the receiving eye of the device. The spaced stems 14 of the gripping member are adapted to extend through associated garment fabric and the connecting bar 22, which is generally perpendicular to the same stems, forms a garment engageable step and a slot between the said stems. With the aid of the connecting bar the gripping member 8 is secured to the underplate 15 of the device by the hook shaped gripping neck 18 and by the grippers 20 bent from the underplate. The hook shaped gripping neck 18 of the underplate is adapted to extend between the spaced stems 14 and inside the said slot and lies over the connecting bar 22 of the gripping member so that the fabric would be clamped between the connecting bar and the gripping neck of the underplate. The grippers 20 of the underplate are adapted to secure the stems 14 of the gripping member to the underplate 15.

FIG. 2 shows the bigger portion of the receptacle. It shows how the device is attached to the garment, but with dimensions and spaces exaggerated. The stems 14 of the gripping member are pushed through the fabric 24 from the outer side, at 26, until the connecting bar 22 of the gripping member reaches the fabric 24. The underplate 15 on the inner side of the fabric is placed between the fabric 24 and the stems 14. The hook shaped gripping ice neck 18 of the underplate '15 lies in the space between the stems 14, starting from the fabric 24 side and passing to the other side of the stems 14 of the gripping member at 28, formsa U shape over the fabric 24 and clamps it to the connecting bar 22. The end 32 of the gripping neck tightens the fabric 24 to the gripping member and also gives a solid support for the head '12 of the gripping member. The grippers 20 of the underplate are bent around the stems 14 as is shown in FIGS. 1, 3.

Without the use of the grippers 20, the stems 14 of the gripping member may be secured to the underplate by other means. For example, if the stems 14 are made long enough to extend over the length of the underplate 15 in FIG. 1 or, if the underplate has shoulders or cut-outs, the stems could be secured by bending them back over the underplate or by some other means of attachment.

FIG. 3 is a view of the device of FIG. 1 from the outside when the receptacle is fixed to the garment. The only visible part of the device from the outside is the head 12 of the gripping member 8, which has the bent lip 10 and the receiving eye of the receptacle. The underplate 15, the gripping neck 18, the stems 14, and the grippers 20 are located under the outer material 24 so as to be invisible from the outside.

FIG. 4 is a view taken along line 44 of FIG. 3, where the head 12 of the gripping member with the lip 10 is fixed by the gripping neck 18 to the outer material 24. The head 12, the lip 10 and the outer material 24 are visible from the outside; but the underplate 15, stems 14, grippers 20, and gripping neck 18 of the device are located invisibly between the outer material 24 and the lining.

FIG. 5 shows an enlarged and exaggerated view of the receptacle 6 when engaged with the hook member 40. The lip 10 of the receptacle 6 provides a securing action to the hook. The lip 10 of the receptacle is bent up, making an angle with the main plane of the receptacle. This lip engages the hook as shown in FIG. 5, providing the securing action.

By making the hook opening a narrow gap between the body 36 and hooks lip 38 of the hook member 40, the receptacle 6 is easily engageable and disengageable only when the receptacle 6 is held in the proper angle as shown by dotted line. In this position, the internal narrow end of the lip 10 will be facing the narrow gap 36, 38 in the hook. After the lip 10 has been inserted and receptacle 6 is engaged, it will turn back in the plane of the hook member 40, (pictured by outlines in FIG. 5 which is their relative position when the garment is regularly worn. In this position the wide, fiat, bigger side of the lip 10 is facing the hooks narrow gap 36, 38, which makes it practically impossible for the receptacle to disengage by itself. To open the fastener, the receptacle has to be turned in the proper angle, and then disengaged.

The bent lip 10 of the receptacle works without safety action with a wide open hook, similar to other receptacles, if the gap of the opening of the hook 36, 38 is big enough to receive the flat side of the lip of the receptacle.

Instead of the bent lip 10, the receptacle may have a straight lip, which lies in the same plane as the main plane of the receptacle. It then would work without safety action like other receptacles.

While I have described my invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is understood that numerous changes and arrangements of parts may be made without departing from the principle and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. A receptacle for a hooking member adapted to be used as one of the members of a garment-fastening means, said receptacle comprising an underplate, a gripping memher having a portion in which is formed a receiving eye for said hooking member, said receiving eye having a portion thereof bounded by a lip and by opposite sides, spaced stems on said gripping member adapted to extend through associated garment fabric, and a bar connecting said stems and the opposite sides of said receiving eye and having a portion extending generally perpendicular to said stems to form a garment-fabic-engageable step, said underplate having a hook-shaped gripping neck extending between said stems so as to overlie said bar, said neck and bar being adapted to clampingly engage garment fabric associated therewith, said underplate having means thereon for securing said'stems thereto in overlying relationship.

2. A receptacle for a hooking member adapted to be used as one of the members of a garment-fastening means, said receptacle comprising an underplate, a gripping member having a portion in which is formed a receiving eye for said hooking member, said receiving eye having a portion thereof bounded by a gripping lip having at least a portion thereof bent at an angle to the principal plane of said receptacle for the safety locking action of the fastening device and by opposite sides, spaced stems on said gripping member adapted to extend through associated garment fabric, and a bar connecting said stems and the opposite sides of said receiving eye and having a portion extending generally perpendicular to said stems to form a garment-fabric-engageable step, said underplate having a hook-shaped gripping neck extending between said stems so as to overlie said bar, said neck and bar being adapted to clampingly engage garment fabric associated therewith, said underplate having means thereon for securing said stems thereto in overlying relationship.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 8/1929 Nikolopoulos 24--227 WILLIAM FELDMAN, Primary Examiner.

E. SIMONSEN, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A RECEPTACLE FOR A HOOKING MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE USED AS ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF A GARMENT-FASTENING MEANS, SAID RECEPTACLE COMPRISING AND UNDERPLATE, A GRIPPING MEMBER HAVING A PORTION IN WHICH IS FORMED A RECEIVING EYE FOR SAID HOOKING MEMBER, SAID RECEIVING EYE HAVING A PORTION THEREOF BOUNDED BY A LIP AND BY OPPOSITE SIDES, SPACED STEMS ON SAID GRIPPING MEMBER ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH ASSOCIATED GARMENT FABRIC, AND A BAR CONNECTING SAID STEMS AND THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID RECEIVING EYE AND HAVING A PORTION EXTENDING GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID STEMS TO FORM A GARMENT-FABRIC-ENGAGEABLE STEP, SAID 